RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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The women’s suffrage movement enjoyed immense success because all American women were unified behind the movement to gain the vote.
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The suffrage movement lost momentum during the industrial revolution because men-now the only bread winners-demanded that women remain in their traditional roles-wives and mothers.
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The suffrage movement suffered as competing tactics-some demanding an immediate amendment to the Constitution with others calling for a state by state vote-caused division within the ranks of supporters.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The movement for voting rights to women came to be known as the suffrage movement. All over Europe and USA. women and the poor have had to fight for participation in the government. Women’s struggle to vote got strengthened during the first world war.
Detailed explanation-2: -The term suffrage refers to the right to vote in an election. In many western democracies, especially in USA and Britain, women were initially denied the right to vote and contest an election to run for public office. A woman’s opinion was considered irrelevant and their voices were suppressed.
Detailed explanation-3: -Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association. The primary goal of the organization is to achieve voting rights for women by means of a Congressional amendment to the Constitution.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ans: Suffrage movement was a movement by the women and poor people who fought for their rights to participate in the government. This movement was dominantly observed in Europe and the USA. This movement accomplished: The women’s right to vote.